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Setup WordPress SMTP with Gmail SMTP Server

WP Mail SMTP

Installation

WP Mail SMTP will show up in the top of the list (version 0.9.5 at the time of our last edit)

Click Install Now

Click OK

Click Activate Plugin

Configuration

In the plugins list beneath WP-Mail-SMTP click Settings

From Email : leave this empty

From Name : Cool Tricks

Mailer : Send all WordPress emails via SMTP

Return Path : unchecked

WP Mail Smtp Advanced Email Options

We’ll now have a look at the SMTP configuration. By doing this, WordPress will know how to connect to our Gmail account. As explained already, this email address will later show up as the “from email address”.

SMTP Host : smtp.gmail.com

SMTP Port : 465

Encryption : Use SSL encryption

Authentication : Yes: Use SMTP authentication

Username : Enter your Email

Password : Enter your password

Click Save Changes

WP Mail Smtp Advanced Email Options’

Test

Within the same screen you can control your WP Mail SMTP settings by sending a test email. To avoid any confusion use a different email account than the one you used before.

To : another.emailaddress@gmail.com

Click Send Test

Log in to your another.emailaddress@gmail.com account to verify whether you actually received the test email

Tip : When you log in to contactform.website@gmail.com (see step3) you’ll find the test email in your sent messages folder!